table setting with plates of salad for bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

We had a wonderful time with our club members again at our Meadow Wine Club Member Dinner last Saturday at our Meadow vineyards and winery.

We started with a tour of our winery. With our wine maker, Daniel Bingham, explaining our equipment both outside and inside the winery.

tour at winery for bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

On to the new expanded bottling room. We inclosed an overhang that we used to use when our Pellenc, the grape destemmer, was a separate unit from our harvester to double the space that we had before for a bottling room. Now our destemmer is on our grape harvester machine.

tour at winery for bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

bolting line in use at bingham family vineyards winery

 

We did not get to see it run Saturday night because one part needs to be fixed, but it was up and running to finish out our bottling of our 2017 Dirt Farmer.

You can also see it running here.

 

There was new equipment to see in the lab room. As we explained to our guest, each year we slowly invest more into the equipment and supplies that we need to more efficiently make the great quality wine that we plan to continue making for our friends and customers.

 

tour of winery for bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

Then we were off to dinner in our barrel room with our winery manager, Marissa Bingham, organizing the dinner. We had help from the whole family as well as many of our office, vineyard, and farm staff.

 

bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

Dinner was a wonderful and the food was great.

 

table setting for bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas
Meadow Wine Club Dinner July 2019 photo by Tessa Butterfield

 

table setting with plates of salad for bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

Then came the music. With some of our club members joining in making music.

 

people playing music at bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

Then is was off on a hayride for a vineyard tour as the evening was cooling down.

 

hay ride at bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

The grapes are halfway through veraison. These are white grapes, so you will not see as much difference. I’ll post some of the red grapes photos soon.

 

vineyard bingham family vineyards

 

Enjoying the evening sunset was lovely.

 

vineyard at sun down bingham family vineyards meadow Texas

 

Then it was back to the barrel room for a bonfire and more music.

 

people playing music at bingham family vineyard wine club dinner barrel room meadow Texas

 

All ended well for a wonderful evening.

Blessings,
Betty

 

 

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